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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the function of vitamin C?
milk - enriched grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
2. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one week period
18-25
3. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
TPN total parenteral nutrition
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
apple is higher risk than a pear
4. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
trans fatty acid
dark green - orange - drybeans
hemoglobin
day week or month
5. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
diet recall
300 cal/day increase
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
review of systems
6. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
7. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
one tspn salt or less
hemoglobin
albumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
8. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
3 cups
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
essential amino acids
9. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
vitamin K
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
6 oz. a day
vitamin C - citrus fruits
10. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
transferrin
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
11. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
can consume more calories without weight gain
2.5 cups
dairy and fortified foods
starches - sugars - and cellulose
12. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
review of systems
6 oz. a day
low albumin levels < 3.4
13. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
liver and intestinal synthesis
prealbumin levels
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
14. What are healthy sources of fats?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
300 cal/day increase
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemorrhage
15. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
essential amino acids
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
antioxidant - immune function
16. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
prealbumin levels
17. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
antioxidant - immune function
prealbumin levels
decrease in total lymphocyte count
TPN total parenteral nutrition
18. What foods have high quality protein?
3 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
apple is higher risk than a pear
diet recall
19. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
trans fatty acid
3 cups
vitamin C - citrus fruits
20. Sources of fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
6 oz. a day
one week period
21. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
protein and fat
low albumin levels < 3.4
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
22. What type of people need extra protein?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
fats
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
23. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
diet recall
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
24. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
2 cups
transferrin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
25. What is RDA of protein?
18-25
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
26. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
vitamin K
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
transferrin
2.5 cups
27. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
protein
rickets - osteomalacia
transferrin
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
28. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
fat soluble vitamins
diet recall
one week period
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
29. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
500 cal/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
30. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
can consume more calories without weight gain
essential amino acids
B and C
31. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
liver and intestinal synthesis
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
32. What function is vitamin D?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
antioxidant - immune function
33. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
review of systems
can consume more calories without weight gain
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
300 cal/day increase
34. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
review of systems
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein and fat
35. How many calories/gram is protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
essential amino acids
4 calories/gram
low albumin levels < 3.4
36. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
dark green - orange - drybeans
trans fatty acid
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
37. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
liver and intestinal synthesis
cream cheese - cream or butter
essential amino acids
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
38. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
protein
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
4 calories/gram
39. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
18-25
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
trans fatty acid
4 calories/gram
40. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
5.5 ounces/day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
2.5 cups
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
liver and intestinal synthesis
42. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
2 cups
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
carrots and sweet potatoes
day week or month
43. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
5.5 ounces/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
low albumin levels < 3.4
44. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
2 cups
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dairy and fortified foods
45. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
4 calories/gram
2.5 cups
6 oz. a day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
46. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
cream cheese - cream or butter
review of systems
300 cal/day increase
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
47. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
carrots and sweet potatoes
500 cal/day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
48. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
5.5 ounces/day
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
49. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
TPN total parenteral nutrition
hemorrhage
50. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
review of systems
rickets - osteomalacia
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts